Demon City Shinjuku...
Although I've never bothered to listen to the English dub, Demon City Shinjuku is infamous for having a really bad English dub...
Demon City Shinjuku has the same look and feel as Wicked City. The story is not unlike so many other gloom and doom tales of hope hanging by a slender thread. Of demon and human worlds coexisting and of a great evil on the prowl. I thought better of this title when it was new, but, over the years Demon City Shinjuku has lost some of its luster. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. Even though, I still think somewhat fondly of it, in the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep it in my archive. I gave Demon City Shinjuku a 3 out of 5.
Tokyo. The very near future. The glittering skyline which once rivaled any in the world now lies cracked and crumbling under the weight of an oppressive evil. One man, the tyrannical Levih Rah, has created this Demon City in Shinjuku, the heart of Tokyo - and he doesn't plan to stop there! Rah's mission is to destroy the entire planet - and there are only three days left until his plans come to fruition!
For years, no one has dared to cross the foul moat which Rah and his band of street punks, monsters and other fugitives have built around the Demon City. Desperate to rescue her father, who has been taken captive by Rah and his monstrous minions, the young, beautiful Sayaka Rama enlists the help of Kyoya, a streetwise Tokyo teenager. The two bravely venture into the Demon City, where they encounter the fascinating. mystical character Mephisto, whose spiritual healing powers could save them from annihilation.
But can this team of teenagers and an aged, cynical mystic actually overcome Rah's army of thugs? And if they do, will they be able to do what all before them have died trying to do - destroy the corrupt Levih Rah himself?
Demon City Shinjuku has the same look and feel as Wicked City. The story is not unlike so many other gloom and doom tales of hope hanging by a slender thread. Of demon and human worlds coexisting and of a great evil on the prowl. I thought better of this title when it was new, but, over the years Demon City Shinjuku has lost some of its luster. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. Even though, I still think somewhat fondly of it, in the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep it in my archive. I gave Demon City Shinjuku a 3 out of 5.
